Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Figurative Language

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Figurative language is used in a lot of writings to pull you more into the words. Figurative language uses the five senses to place a deep picture in your mind of what is actually happening. Metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, etc. are all figurative devices used in writing. Without using any of these things writing would be straight forward and not so complicated to understand. When figurative language is used it makes the reader really think about what is being said by the author and what point the author is trying to make. Both "The Iroquois Constitution” and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” use figurative language but for different reasons.

The whole purpose of “The Iroquois Constitution” was to bring the five nations together as one. Dekanawida used figurative language to do so. Dekanawida also used a lot of symbolism to write the constitution. He stated, “As the five arrows are strongly bound this shall symbolize the complete union of the nations.” So each arrow represented a nation and the binding of the arrows symbolized their coming together. Dekanawida used figurative language when he said, “The thickness of their skin shall be seven spans.” He was referring to the leaders and how they shouldn't let …show more content…

In his sermon Edward's addresses everyone, the whole congregation. He tells them of Hell and how soon they could be going there, by the end he hopes that everyone will “fly out of Sodom”, or escape wickedness (50). “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” uses many metaphors to get the point across to the reader. Jonathan states, “...and all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of hell, than a spider's web would have to stop a fallen rock.” He is saying all those people who think they can escape Hell by themselves have as little chance as a spider's web does by stopping a fallen

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